Bojack Horseman Delivers Downer Ending

by Apurva Mahajan ’22 and Selene Ashewood ‘22 Netflix’s “Bojack Horseman” is a comedic yet gritty animated show about a washed-up star living in Los Angeles among humans and other anthropomorphic animals like himself. The series’ final episodes came out on January 31, five years after it first aired, in which watchers finally got to see an end of the … Read More

Autopsy Of a Failed Movie

by Hailey Sepulvado ’22 Those lucky enough to have never seen the total fail that was “Cats” don’t have much to say, but those who did have to sit through the 151-minute atrocity has a few words about it. “Cats,” a movie remake of the “Cats” broadway musical, was expected to be a huge film, with lots of excited fans. … Read More

“Sex Education” Represents the LGBT+ Community

by Joseph Oscilowski ‘22 “Sex Education” is known for having numerous LGBT+ characters, each with their own stories and problems. But even with such diversity in sexuality, this show does an extremely good job in accurately representing real-life people and situations. The second season of “Sex Education” was released on January 17 to Netflix. This show focuses around the life … Read More

‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Is A Stunning Work of Art

by Sarah Nove ‘20 There are films that you watch, and, a week or two later, you forget. Then there are films that make an impression, but after a few years, the emotions they evoked grow hazy in your mind. Finally, there are movies that grab you, burrowing deep into your soul, and stay there, embedded in your memory. In … Read More

Bieber ‘Changes’ It Up- For The Worse

by Anna Squiers After a five-year hiatus from music, Justin Bieber released his newest album, “Changes”, on February 14, a Valentine’s day return for the old heart-throb. Properly represented by the title, this album takes a grand detour from his previous albums and lifestyle. “Purpose”, his album released in 2015, highlights his playboy/rebel lifestyle, while “Changes” is a complete 180. … Read More

Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’ Involved in Possible Controversy

by Rachel Klein ‘22 Director Guy Ritchie’s movie, “The Gentlemen,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Jeremy Strong has recently hit theaters, and it won’t be leaving without a little controversy. Despite the film getting good reviews on major websites like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, many viewers were disturbed by the racist and anti-semitic jokes and remarks throughout the movie. “The Gentlemen” … Read More

Disney’s Spiderman Deal Further Confuses Viewers

by Jonah Sachs ‘20 Two Vultures, one Spiderman. With the recent teaser of Sony Pictures’ “Morbius,” showcasing a vampire-supervillain hybrid known to few diehard Marvel fans as one of Spiderman’s arch nemesis’, many viewers are left scratching their heads, unable to understand where exactly the much-beloved Spiderman was. As it turns out, recent complications between Disney and Sony cut the … Read More

Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ Reveals Cheerleading Secrets

by Devon Goldstein ‘21 The Netflix original documentary six-episode series “Cheer” first came out on January 8 and took the world by storm. Just as the Navarro Community College cheer team wiped out their competition at Daytona Beach, Florida the year before in 2019, the documentary series was very successful after it premiered at the beginning of the new year.   … Read More

“Birds of Prey”: DC’s Latest…Something?

by Andrew Waterfield ‘20 With Marvel dominating the current superhero film landscape, it can be easy to forget that not every superhero film needs to end with a big laser shooting into the sky and the fate of the world hanging in the balance. The DC Universes’ first R-rated film “Birds of Prey” is a reminder that smaller, ground-level adventures … Read More

“Spies in Disguise:” a Comedy Hidden in a Children’s Movie

by Brenna Henderson ‘21 “Spies in Disguise,” released on December 25, 2019, is an animated movie that follows a smooth spy, Lance Sterling (Will Smith), on a quest to defeat a cybernetic terrorist, Killian (Ben Mendelsohn). Unfortunately for Lance, not-so-smooth scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) accidentally turns him into a pigeon. Now the duo has to race to stop Killian … Read More